Go Hawks!

Day +50

Graham is feeling much more like himself today, which is a great sign.

He is asking for books and magazines, reading The Guardian online, watching movies and listening to music for the first time since the transplant. And this is all in the last 24 hours. This was one of the most worrying things for me after the transplant; seeing him lose interest in the activities that mattered to him.

Today also marks the half-way point in his 100 days post transplant. Everything else is looking good and if we can just get him over this last hurdle, I know we can all return to Australia together in November.

The other exciting news is that I have managed to get access to view the AFL Final tomorrow through the Setanta Sports' Channel and am going to set up the webcam so Graham can watch it in his hospital bed! We are very excited and wish the Hawks all the best. We will be cheering madly for you to win!

For those readers not from Australia, Alastair Clarkson, pictured above with the players, is the Hawthorn Football Club Coach and stood up for us as soon as he found out how much money we needed to raise to get here for Graham's treatment.

I don't want to get too soppy but he really is a fantastic person and without his support, we would not be here. He has also turned around the Hawks' performance in a short amount of time and it would be a wonderful thing if they can upset the Cats tomorrow.

Go Hawks!

Sam xx